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Vintage Fabrics - IN SEARCH OF WARP ENDS
By Joan Kiplinger
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printer friendly versionRevised 7/15/01!

Created 6/00 - Additions welcomed!

Bias Tape & Notions Reference Chart for the Vintage Fabric Collector
(To accompany the Vintage Fabrics June/July, 2000 edition)
Also see additional pictures page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4,
page 5, page 6, page 7 and page 8

Brand	Company	Bias Tape Fabrics	Trims	History
AFC	The American Fabrics Co. Bridgeport, CN	Superfine nainsnook	Lace, rickrack
Ace	Sears Roebuck	Lawn, fine lawn, nainsnook, percale	Seam binding, two-tone rickrack, tyrolean trimmings
Anchorfast			Soutache, middy braid
Anita Jean		Fine percale, Fine Lawn
AWR	England	cotton
B/B [logo is a B superimposed over another B]		Percale
Barton’s Red E Trim	Barton Bias Narrow Fabric Co., NY, NY	Lawn, cambric, percale, silk, gingham, taffeta, silk faille	BNF seam binding	1900. Current products, elastic & clun lace for apparel trade; claim to be largest US cluny manufacturer. Also see Silhouette & Tidy Trim
Beldings of Canada			seam binding
Belding Corticelli		percale	blaket binding with matching thread; seam binding
Betsy Ross Trimmings			Rickrack
Bird of Paradise	Assembled Products Co., Williamsport PA	Fine lawn, rickrack, bias stripes [in plain white wrapper with blue stripe border]	Spiralette trim, binding, loop point tri-color binding
Boiltex [endorsed & sold by Coats & Clark]	Creed & Steward Lt., Aurora IL; Boiltex, Div. Coats & Clark, NY, NY & Aurora, IL; made expressly for G.C Murphy Co. chain	Fine percale, percale, two-tone extra-fine lawn, nainsnook gingham [atom red & emerald green], MerSan sanforized cotton	Tapes, trims, rickrack, piping, quilt and rayon seam bindings
Bonita	S.H. Kress	Lawn	Rickrack, seam binding	1931
Brook's	Brook's	Percale
Bur-Mil	Burlington Mills	cotton	seam binding, twill tape
Cadillac			Rickrack
Cameo	Hoffman Lion Mills Fall River MA		Rickrack, shoulder strapping
Castle Novelties	Castle Braid Co. 15-12 Mercer St., NYC		fancy rickrack braid, mohair skirt binding	est. early 1895 or earlier
Century	Century Ribbon Mills, NY, NY		Bindings, ribbon
Coats	Great Britain	Nainsnook
Colonial			Rickrack
Coquette		Percale	Quilt binding, Rickrack, extra fine sateen blanket binding
Corticelli	Belding Corticelli, Box 9, Montreal, Canada		rickrack, seam binding
Dexter	Collingbourne Mills, Elgin IL	Nainsnook	perle braid
Doris Marie		Percale, fine percale
E.C. Walker	E.C. Walker, Canada	extra-fine lawn
Economy	Economy Bias Binding Co., NY, NY	Percale, superfine percale
Elegant Sewing Aids	Charles M. Hitchen Co. Ltd., 661 King St., Toronto 2B, Ontario Canada		seam binding
Emdin		Percale, Nylon
FA Quality	Friedberger-Aaron Mfg. Co. Philadelphia, PA	Cambric, lawn, percale, combination tape & matching thread	Bindings, trims, twill tape, braids
Fairloom [Boiltex]	Sears, Roebuck Co		Rickrack
Fashion Quality		Percale
Fifth Av.	Assembled Products Co. Williamsport PA	Lawn, fine percale
Fleur deLys	Poirier & Lindeman Co. NY, NY	Percale	Bindings
Fruit of the Loom	Economy Bias Binding NY, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, NY	Extra-fine percale, nainsnook, percale, x-fine percale	Trims, bindings, twill, rickrack, piping, facings
Glossamer	Perfectos Series, Specialists, Scotland	glossamer luster fabric {ed note: probably a fine nainsnook or lawn similar to Warren’s}
Gold Medal	Samstag’s, NY	Finest Cambric
Gotham fine color litho as on other A.P. wrappers	A.P. Co	Lawn
Green Oak	Kresge's		Rickrack
Green Star	made expressly for H.L. Green Company, Inc.	Fine Lawn
Hearthside	Sears	Percale	Rickrack
Hug Snug	Lawrence Schiff Silk Mills		seam binding
Indianhead			Quilt binding
Jewel	The Jewel Factory Box 999, Pawtucket RI		Rickrack
J.C. Penny	J.C. Penny	Fine percale, percale	Rickrack, bindings, trims, facings
J&P Coats	Coats & Clark, NY, NY	Finest percale, Fine Lawn, Fine percale, Percale, Nainsnook	John Martin's Spool Pets projects series, 1930 and 1935: : Kitty cat, Hal horse, Puppy dog, Bob bunny, Clara cow, Pete pig. Spool Zoo series, 1931, with fox, bear, zebra, lion elephant and hippo; Twill tape
Just Right	Price Shimmin & Kalal Chicago, IL	Mercerized	Rickrack
Kresge's			Rickrack
Lady Fair	T. Eaton, Canada	Fine lawn
Lady Fayre			Rickrack
Lady Gay (cellophane wrapper)		extra fine percale
LaSalle	Economy Bias Binding NY, NY	Percale, Lawn	Rickrack
Lycoming [wax paper wrapper]			Rickrack
Majesty		Percale, Lawn	Bindings, facings, trims, rickrack
Modern	Modern Binding Co., Chicago		Rickrack
Mutual Brand		Fancy bias trimming
Nufashond	Assembled Products of Williamsport, PA	Percale, Lawn	Rickrack, bindings, tape lace, eyelet, elastic, edgetrim
N.V.B.	New Velvet Binding, Kurscheedt Mfg. Co., 356 W. Broadway NYC		velvet bindings	est. 1895 or earlier
NYNCO	Pacific Fabric	blue & white fine-check, percale, lawn	Shell Braid, rickrack, middy braid, soutache	est. 1900
OMO Bias Tape	OMO Bias Tape, Middletown CN	percale	dress shields	est. 1895; bias tape 1918
Penimaid	J.C. Penny	Percale, Lawn, Fine Percale, Fine Lawn	Rickrack, bindings, tape
Penn Novelty Trim	Penn Novelty Trim		Rickrack
Pepperell		Nainsnook	bias tape/thread combo
Perfect		Percale
Peter Pan	Peter Pan Fabrics, Henry Glass & Co	Percale
Pikaby	England		seam binding
Primrose	Primrose Trimming Co. & Assembled Products of Connecticut; 333 W.39^thNY,NY	Fine lawn	Rickrack, bindings
Print Trim	Wm. Wright & Sons Mfg., West Warren MA & Orange, NJ	Fine cotton
Priscilla	Canada	Fine lawn
Prudence		Lawn	Rickrack
Puritan			Rickrack
Radiant		Lawn	Rickrack
Royal Swan	Burlington Mills		Seam binding
Rose of Araby	Assembled Products of Williamsport PA	Fast colors, fine count	Rickrack, piping, quilt & blanket binding; sewing specialties; elastic
S	Canada	Fine Lawn
Sanford (roll form in cellophane pouch)		extra fine quality	feather stitch braid
Scissors	Gr Britain	cotton
Sensation	sKs insignia could denote Kresge's	Fine lawn, lawn, fine percale
Showboat	Ebb Co, NY, NY	Fine Percale
S.H.& M	S.H.& M, 131 Springer St. NYC		Bias skirt binding	1894 or earlier
Silhouette	The Narrow Fabric Co. West Reading, PA		Rickrack	see Barton's
So-E-Z		Fine lawn
Star	American Thread	Fine cotton, nylon	blanket and seam binding
Stay Trim	Continental Elastic Corp, New Bedford, MA	fine percale	combo bias tape/thread pack
Sterling			Rickrack
Sullivan	Sullivan Smythfield Co.	Percale	Rickrack
Tailor Bird			Rickrack, middy braid
Talon	Talon Div. of Textron NY, NY	Percale	Trims, zippers
Tidy Trim	Narrows Fabric Co., Williamsport PA	Percale, lawn	Rickrack, seam & quilt binding, soutache, middy braid, hem facings	see Barton's
Triangle C		Silk taffeta
Trimtex	Assembled Products Inc., Milford CN & Williamsport PA; Canada	Lawn, Percale	Rickrack, bindings facings, trims, piping
Trufold, Trueworth	McCoy Jones & Co. Inc, Merchandise Mart, Chicago IL	Super quality lawn, fast colors, fine count	Rickrack
Tubtex		Percale
Ward’s	Montgomery Ward	Nainsnook-finish percale
Warren’s Standard, J&J Bluebird & Cloth of Gold	Warren Featherbone Co., Three Oaks MI	Fine nainsnook, nainsnook, lawn, fine percale; matching thread, silk, combination tape & matching thread	Trims, facings, rickrack, boning	1883
Wearwell	England	nylon
Winsome Lady	Winsome Lady, Issacs-Shorsher Inc NYC, Weston NY	Percale
Wrights -- 1905 W & N Monarch and Meteor brands	Wm Wright & Sons Mfg., West Warren MA & Orange NJ	Extra fine india lawn, fine lawn, lawn, fine nainsnook, nainsnook, gingham, fine percale, percale, Flexcloth, super batiste, batiste, silk, lingerie silk, superior wash silk, heavy-wash silk, soft-finish pure silk, taffeta, cambric, cambritex, lusteray [rayon/cotton], combination tape & mataching thread; NRA printed on depression-year wrappers	Rickrack, trims, bindings, facings, seam & blanket	1897

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Joan Kiplinger is an antique doll costumer and vintage fabric addict who learned to sew on her grandmother's treadle and has been peddling fabrications ever since.